Abstract

The models used in this study identify the predictors of well-being into three large categories of variables which are: personality, family and the emotional regulation mechanisms for girls and boys. Well-being has been operationalized through high positive affect and life satisfaction, as well as low negative affect and emotional distress. Statistical analyses processed the responses of 516 subjects, aged between 14 and 34 (M = 18.62, SD = 3.32). From the personality factors, emotional stability is the strongest predictor of well-being (negative affect and emotional distress) for girls and boys. For boys, well-being (life satisfaction) is predicted by paternal responses to the manifestation of happiness (reward), whereas for girls, it is predicted by the responses of both parents to all the emotions under analysis. However, with regards to the adult attachment style, the relationship with father is relevant for boys; alienation in relation of attachment with father is the biggest predictor for negative affect. For the emotion regulation strategies, both emotion regulation strategies are predictors of well-being for girls and not for boys.

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